Fireflies

Tonight, on my way home from work, I noticed a few small, yellowish lights blinking off to the side of the road. For the first time this summer, I saw my favorite insect (yes, I have a favorite insect): fireflies. Something about their little glowing rears that just makes me feel like a kid. Every summer, I look forward to the nights when I can go outside at night and do some firefly hunting. It's kind of a tradition for me, I guess.

Well, after I caught (and released, of course) a couple of my glowing little friends, I sat on my driveway and just watched the light show happening across the road. It was beautiful. I know it's been said many times before, but it truly is something beautiful to watch. If not for the mosquitoes, I could honestly sit there and watch them for hours.

You know what they say about roses? Well, I think the same is true about fireflies. A firefly by any other name looks just as pretty, and let me just say that I'm glad there are Leuchtkäfer in Germany.

Bis später!